Bristol Hotel ( uk, Бристоль) is a

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. Built between 1898 and 1899, it is located in the city centre in Pushkinska Street, opposite the

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. p. 106, "It was built in 1898-1899"

Description

This stylish four-star 19th century hotel belongs to the same company as the nearby four-star ''

Londonskaya Hotel The Londonska Hotel is a historic four star 19th century hotel in the center of Odesa, Ukraine, belonging to the same company as the nearby Bristol Hotel. Description The stylish four star 19th century hotel is in the centre of Odesa. It belong ...

'' which is roughly half the size.

History

The hotel was designed in a mixed

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and

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Victorian style, with Neoclassical statues and white marble columns facing the street. It has 113 rooms and is one of the city's notable landmarks. The hotel was built between 1898 and 1899 to designs by Alexander Bernadazzi and Adolf Minkus and named the Bristol Hotel. Bernadazzi was an influential architect in Odesa at the time and the style of buildings in Odesa is assigned to him in particular. The name of the ''Bristol Hotel'' is thought to emblematic of luxury as another hotel built at that time was named the '' Hotel London''. After the Soviet revolution, the hotel closed in 1917. It sat vacant for some time, eventually serving as offices from 1922 to 1925. It reopened in 1928, but in the Soviet Union it seemed inappropriate for the hotel to be named after the city of

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, so it was renamed the Hotel Krasnaya (meaning "Red" in Russian) for the Red banner of the Revolution.History
, Bristol Hotel The hotel closed in 2002 and underwent a lengthy restoration, reopening under its original name on December 15, 2010.

Gallery

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on hotel, 2014

Notes

External links

Bristol Hotel official website
{{Odessa Hotels in Odesa Pushkinska Street, Odesa Hotel buildings completed in 1899 Hotels established in 1899 1890s establishments in Ukraine 1899 establishments in the Russian Empire Victorian architecture in Ukraine